'Unlawful' definitions:
Definition of 'unlawful'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention; "an unconventional marriage"; "improper banking practices" [syn: improper, unconventional, unlawful]
adjective
Contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law; "unlawful measures"; "unlawful money"; "unlawful hunters" [ant: lawful]
adjective
Not morally right or permissible; "unlawful love"
adjective
Having no legally established claim; "the wrongful heir to the throne" [syn: unlawful, wrongful]
adjective
Contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures" [syn: illegitimate, illicit, outlaw(a), outlawed, unlawful]
Definition of 'Unlawful'
From: GCIDE
- Unlawful \Un*law"ful\, a. Not lawful; contrary to law. -- {Un*law"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Un*law"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
- Unlawful assembly. (Law) See under Assembly. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'unlawful'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberrant,
- abnormal,
- abominable,
- actionable,
- against the law,
- anarchic,
- anarchistic,
- anomic,
- atrocious,
- banned,
- barred,
- black-market,
- bootleg,
- chargeable,
- contraband,
- contrary to law,
- criminal,
- delinquent,
- deviant,
- disgraceful,
- evil,
- exceptionable,
- felonious,
- flawed,
- forbade,
- forbid,
- forbidden,
- hardly the thing,
- ignominious,
- illegal,
- illegitimate,
- illicit,
- impermissible,
- improper,
- inappropriate,
- incorrect,
- indecorous,
- infamous,
- iniquitous,
- interdicted,
- intolerable,
- irregular,
- justiciable,
- lawless,
- nefarious,
- nonconstitutional,
- nonlegal,
- nonlicit,
- nonpermissible,
- not done,
- not permitted,
- not the thing,
- objectionable,
- off limits,
- off-base,
- off-color,
- out of bounds,
- out-of-line,
- outlaw,
- outlawed,
- prohibited,
- proscribed,
- punishable,
- ruled out,
- sacrilegious,
- scandalous,
- shameful,
- shameless,
- sinful,
- taboo,
- tabooed,
- terrible,
- triable,
- unallowed,
- unauthorized,
- unconstitutional,
- under the ban,
- under the table,
- under-the-counter,
- under-the-table,
- undue,
- unfit,
- unfitting,
- unlicensed,
- unofficial,
- unpermissible,
- unrighteous,
- unsanctioned,
- unseemly,
- unstatutory,
- unsuitable,
- untouchable,
- unwarrantable,
- unwarranted,
- verboten,
- vetoed,
- wicked,
- wrong,
- wrongful